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  2. Nishiki-e - Wikipedia

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    Nishiki-e (錦絵, "brocade picture") is a type of Japanese multi-coloured woodblock printing; the technique is used primarily in ukiyo-e. It was invented in the 1760s, and perfected and popularized by the printmaker Suzuki Harunobu , who produced many nishiki-e prints between 1765 and his death five years later.

  3. Sharaku - Wikipedia

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    Ōtani Oniji III in the Role of the Servant Edobei, nishiki-e colour print, 1794. Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese: 東洲斎 写楽; active 1794–1795) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known.

  4. Ohaguro - Wikipedia

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    Teeth blackening. Nishiki-e by Utagawa Kunisada, 1820, from the series Mirrors of the modern boudoir.. Ohaguro (Japanese: お歯黒, pronounced, lit. ' black teeth ') is the name given in Japan to the custom of blackening one's teeth with a solution of iron filings and vinegar.

  5. Wikipedia : Today's featured article/December 29, 2014

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  6. Three Beauties of the Present Day - Wikipedia

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    The print is a vertical ōban of 37.9 × 24.9 centimetres (14.9 × 9.8 in), [24] and is a nishiki-e —a full-colour ukiyo-e print made from multiple woodblocks, one for each colour; the inked blocks are pressed on Japanese handmade paper. To produce a glittering effect the background is dusted with muscovite, a variety of mica.

  7. Wikipedia : Today's featured article/requests/Three Beauties ...

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    The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 29, 2014 by Bencherlite Talk 21:40, 3 December 2014 (UTC) Three Beauties of the Present Day ( 当時三美人 , Tōji San Bijin ) is a nishiki-e colour woodblock print of c. 1792–93 by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro ( c. 1753 –1806).

  8. Zashiki Hakkei - Wikipedia

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    Nurioke no bosetsu, colour nishiki-e print, 1766. Zashiki Hakkei (Japanese: 坐敷八景, [a] "Eight Parlour Views") is a series of eight prints from 1766 [2] by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Suzuki Harunobu. They were the first full-colour nishiki-e prints and are considered representative

  9. Benten Kozō - Wikipedia

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    Hazaemon Ichimura XIII as Benten-kozo Kikunosuke by Toyokuni Utagawa III "Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e" (青砥稿花紅彩画), as the original and fullest version of this play is known, is a tale in five acts of the shiranamimono (tales of thieves) sub-category of the kizewamono (rough contemporary piece) genre of kabuki plays.